intangible

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French intangible, from Medieval Latin intangibilis, from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tango.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/, [ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒɪ.bl̩]
  • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒə.bəl/

Adjective

intangible (comparative more intangible, superlative most intangible)

  1. Incapable of being perceived by the senses; incorporeal.

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Noun

intangible (plural intangibles)

  1. Anything intangible
    • 1980 April 5, Aaron Cohen, “Save the Last Dance for Me”, in Gay Community News, page 12:
      Diaghilev's love for Nijinsky was as deep and as sincere and reliant as a bond could be, it being based on all those intangibles of love that cannot be enumerated.
  2. (law) Incorporeal property that is saleable though not material, such as bank deposits, stocks, bonds, and promissory notes

Translations

French

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

intangible (plural intangibles)

  1. intangible

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin intangibilis, from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tangō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /intanˈxible/ [ĩn̪.t̪ãŋˈxi.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -ible
  • Syllabification: in‧tan‧gi‧ble

Adjective

intangible m or f (masculine and feminine plural intangibles)

  1. intangible
    Antonym: tangible

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Further reading

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